- AJ Williams-Tchen
YOUTH MENTAL HEALTH FIRST AID
The Youth Mental Health First Aid (YMHFA) is for adults working or living with adolescents, those aged between approximately 12 and 18 years. YMHFA is particularly suitable for parents, teachers, sports coaches, and youth workers.
The course teaches adults how to assist adolescents who are developing a mental health problem or in a mental health crisis. Course participants learn about adolescent development, the signs and symptoms of the common and disabling mental health problems in young people, where and how to get help when a young person is developing a mental illness, what sort of help has been shown by research to be effective, and how to provide first aid in a crisis situation.
Developing mental health problems covered are:
Depression
Anxiety problems
Psychosis
Substance use problems
Eating disorders
Mental health crisis situations covered are:
Suicidal thoughts and behaviours
Non-suicidal self-injury (sometimes called deliberate self-harm)
Panic attacks
Traumatic events
Severe effects of drug or alcohol use
Severe psychotic states
Aggressive behaviours
I have been delivering this course since 2009.
It is a great course. Let me know if you are interested

